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Robert Peterson

Art director under contract at Columbia, 1940-1947 and 1948-1964. A specialist in gritty black & white drama, he created realistic sets for several notable crime films and minor films noir in the 1950's. Afterwards mostly active in television.

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The Legend of the Golden Gun (1979)

In Kansas during the middle of the Civil War, John Golden is left for dead and his family has been killed by the ruthless Confederate outlaw William Quantrill. Rescued by runaway slave Joshua Brown, Golden is determined to get revenge. With the help of a l ...

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The Courage and the Passion (1978)

The lives and loves of a group of U.S. Air Force test pilots on a sprawling airbase called "Joshua Tree. ...

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Last of the Good Guys (1978)

Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away from retirement, is on the job, and who, when he suddenly dies, try to hide the fact so that his family can ...

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A Killing Affair (1977)

A white female detective is partnered with a black male detective to find the person who is committing a series of particularly vicious murders. During the course of the investigation the two begin to develop an attraction to each other, but the situation ...

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Cover Girls (1977)

Two beautiful fashion models work undercover as secret agents. ...

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Kiss Me... Kill Me (1976)

A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher. ...

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Cop on the Beat (1975)

An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time †...

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A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975)

A private investigator is confronted by the police AND the mob about the killing of a former private-eye associate. ...

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The Last Angry Man (1974)

In the midst of the Depression, a crotchety doctor, whose practice is in the Brooklyn slums, takes an interest in a local teenager, whose hostility and erratic behavior the doctor believes is due to more than just his environment. ...

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In Name Only (1969)

In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these mar ...

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Scalplock (1966)

This Western is a pilot for the series "The Iron Horse," in which a dapper frontier gambler wins a railroad line in a poker game and has his hands full holding it from the clutches of various conniving bad guys. ...

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I'll Take Sweden (1965)

Bob Holcomb will do anything to stop his daughter JoJo from tying the knot with her lazy boyfriend, even move her all the way to Sweden! But once they're "safely" out of the country, JoJo falls for a sly Swedish playboy. ...

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The Outlaws Is Coming (1965)

Rance Roden plans to kill off all the buffalo and thus cause the Indians to riot. After they destroy the US Cavalry, Rance and his gang will take over the West. Meanwhile, a Boston magazine gets wind of the buffalo slaughter and sends editor Kenneth Cabot ...

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Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)

Francis, now 17, is still in love with Moondoggy. She can persuade her parents to allow them a journey to Rome, together with two of her and two of his friends. However they have to take an adult with them, so they choose Peter's eccentric aunt. In Rome th ...

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Zotz! (1962)

Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He translates its inscription, which gives him three powers: to inflict pain, slow down time or kill. Soon, he's pursued by enemy spies who have learned about the m ...

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Experiment in Terror (1962)

A man with an asthmatic voice telephones and assaults clerk Kelly Sherwood at home and coerces her into helping him steal a large sum from her bank. ...

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Two Rode Together (1961)

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages. ...

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Underworld U.S.A. (1961)

A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father. ...

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Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like ...

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The Gene Krupa Story (1959)

The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter th ...

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Edge of Eternity (1959)

Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O'Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the Grand Canyon. His efforts leads to the killer fleeing with Janice as a hostage and a chase by car and hel ...

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Face of a Fugitive (1959)

A man who was falsly accused for murder escapes the sheriffs and starts a new life in a town at the border of the States to Mexico. But he cannot settle in peace as his chasers are trying to find him. ...

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Ride Lonesome (1959)

On the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a recently-widowed woman, with the murderer's brother ...

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Good Day for a Hanging (1959)

When the local sheriff is killed after a bank robbery, ex-lawman Ben Cutler collars the apparent killer, Eddie Campbell. Because of his background as a local youth who spent time living with the Cutlers, Eddie gets the benefit of the doubt from Ben's daug ...

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The Last Hurrah (1958)

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while ...

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Gunman's Walk (1958)

A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify. ...

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Decision at Sundown (1957)

A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death. ...

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The Edge of Innocence (1957)

An unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her brother's disappearance and murder. ...

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The Garment Jungle (1957)

Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line. ...

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The Shadow on the Window (1957)

Three delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage. The other witness - her young son - is thrown into state of shock. Can he recover soon enough to help the p ...

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The Last Frontier (1955)

Three trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel. ...

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Count Three and Pray (1955)

A pastor with a shady past moves into a rural town just after the Civil War. ...

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5 Against the House (1955)

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino. ...

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Cell 2455 Death Row (1955)

A Death Row inmate uses his prison law studies to fight for his life. Based on a true story. ...

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The Long Gray Line (1955)

The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and t ...

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Human Desire (1954)

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train. ...

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The Big Heat (1953)

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate. ...

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The Juggler (1953)

A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life. ...

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Eight Iron Men (1952)

During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man's land. ...

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The Brigand (1952)

Carlos Delargo, the banished son of a royal princess of Mandorra, is returned to the kingdom to be tried for a murder change. However, he is freed by King Lorenzo, whom bears a remarkable resemblance to Delargo. When the king is wounded by assassins sent b ...

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Scandal Sheet (1952)

A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself. ...

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Sirocco (1951)

A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria. ...

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Saturday's Hero (1951)

A talented high school football player encounters trouble in a college program. ...

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The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation. ...

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In a Lonely Place (1950)

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts. ...

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A Woman of Distinction (1950)

Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, l ...

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And Baby Makes Three (1949)

A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents. ...

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Tokyo Joe (1949)

An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities. ...

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Hokus Pokus (1949)

The Stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. ...

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Fuelin' Around (1949)

The Stooges are carpet layers working in the home of a scientist, Professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. ...

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The Walking Hills (1949)

A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley. ...

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Knock on Any Door (1949)

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court. ...

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Ladies of the Chorus (1948)

Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to ...

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The Wreck of the Hesperus (1948)

The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem. ...

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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)

Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Drummond investigates the murder of the C.I.D. man who had been tracing validity of rival claims to a large estate. ...

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Backlash (1947)

In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business proble ...

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Dangerous Millions (1946)

Eight strangers meet in Shanghai to stake claims to the fortune of a late shipping magnate, then must evade a murderer in their midst. ...

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Strange Journey (1946)

Reformed racketeer "Lucky" Leeds flees from the police when he thinks they are about to arrest him for a murder he didn't commit. He and his wife Patti fly to his privately-owned remote island and have to crash land. Also on the island is a group of shipwr ...

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Dangerous Business (1946)

Two young lawyers open an office together. They are hired to defend a utilities magnate who claims he has been framed. He is kidnapped by a gangster, and a battle royal ensues when the lawyers try to rescue him. ...

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The Devil's Mask (1946)

A San Francisco airplane bound for South America crashes, and among the scorched debris is found a shrunken native human head, neatly packaged. The perplexed police contact a local anthropology museum about this unclaimed piece of grisly baggage, where the ...

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The Phantom Thief (1946)

Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and the occult. "Blackie" out to help his pal, "Runt," recover some jewels, finds himself involved in the homic ...

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Night Editor (1946)

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall. ...

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A Night to Remember (1942)

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in ...

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Counter-Espionage (1942)

The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing. ...

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Meet the Stewarts (1942)

A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget. ...

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Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twic ...

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